Beyond Faery by John T. Kruse

Author:John T. Kruse
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: faery;beyond faery;beyond fairy;faeries;fairies;john kruse;john t. kruse;mermaids;kelpies;goblins;beasts;what are fairies;what are faeries;mythical creatures;pagan;paganism;CVR03052020
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2020-09-29T19:11:23+00:00

Horrible Hobs

Hobs who have been permanently alienated by the household in which they have been living may desert it and go to live on their own—as did the hobs at Breedon Hill in Leicestershire and at Over Silton in Yorkshire—the latter because someone neglected one night to leave out the bread and butter that he expected daily as his reward for churning the cream. Probably worse, though, the creatures may choose instead to stay, but only in order to cause a nuisance. It’s sometimes said that a hob scorned becomes a boggart (see next chapter).283

Where a hob has become an unbearable housemate, one solution to the problem may be to try to move away from it. However, in a series of stories with a theme that is also found linked to both boggarts and brownies, getting away generally turns out to be impossible. At Farndale in North Yorkshire a family resolved to escape from the annoyance caused by the household hob and had packed up the carts with all their belongings. As they left their former home, a neighbour enquired if they were “flitting” or not. The hob’s voice came from the milk-churn—“Aye, we’re flitting”—and the family promptly resigned itself to its fate and turned around and went back. Identical incidents are recorded at East Halton in Lincolnshire and at Hob Hill and Obtrush Rock, both in Yorkshire.284

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